Another one bites the dust: Norway withdraws bid to host 2022 Olympics

Norway’s government is withdrawing Oslo’s bid to host the 2022 Winter Olympics, it said on Wednesday, leaving Beijing and Almaty in Kazakhstan as the only contenders after most potential applicants pulled out. Norway, which has hosted the games twice and won more winter games medals than any other nation, quit the race after the ruling Conservative and Progress parties both declined support for the proposed $5.4 billion price tag.

It’s important to get broad support for such an expensive project, and there is not enough to carry through such an expensive project. Without enthusiasm, it’s not natural to carry this through.

Prime Minister Erna Solberg

Stockholm in Sweden, Krakow in Poland, and Ukraine’s Lviv have all previously pulled out of the bidding process. Switzerland’s St. Moritz and Germany’s Munich briefly considered a run for the 2022 games before financial concerns and local opposition led to them dropping their plans. The IOC will select the 2022 host city on July 31, 2015, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

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